Last week, Yasmin Williams announced a free show at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on September 18. Now the Virginian composer and guitarist—who posted screenshots of a heated email exchange with Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell in April, and later elaborated on the experience in an interview with…
Flenser artists Ragana and Drowse have announced a new collaborative album. The Pacific Northwest musicians recorded Ash Souvenir at the Unknown, in Anacortes, Washington, after premiering the material at the Roadburn Festival, in Tilburg, Netherlands. The album is out November 14. Below, listen to excerpts from the opening song, “In Eternal Woods.” Ragana (the duo…
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our…
Lady Gaga’s anticipated performance at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards was tonight. In a pre-taped segment recorded at her Madison Square Garden concert last night (September 6), the pop star sang “Abracadabra” from her new album Mayhem and “The Dead Dance,” her new single for Netflix’s Wednesday. “The category is dance or die,” Gaga…
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, British vocalist Yungblud, and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt shared the stage at Long Island’s UBS Arena to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The segment was introduced by Osbourne’s son Jack and his family, and then Yungblud shirtlessly sang “Crazy Train,” before donning a…
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday night, September 7, at Long Island’s UBS Arena. Lady Gaga led the field with 12 nominations, and she came away the night’s biggest winner, taking home four Moon Person trophies. She did not, however, win Video of the Year, which went to Ariana Grande, for…
Doja Cat gave “Jealous Type,” the lead single from her forthcoming album Vie, its live debut tonight at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. She interrupted host LL Cool J’s opening speech with a pre-taped PSA, then launched into a rendition of the track that featured an ’80s-inspired set, dance breakdown, and period-accurate saxophone solo…
Bruce Loose, the vocalist and bassist of the influential San Francisco punk rock and hardcore band Flipper, has died, the band’s drummer Stephen DePace confirmed in an email to Pitchfork. Loose had previously suffered a stroke and was recovering at home in Humboldt, California, where he is believed to have died from a heart attack…
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards take place tonight (September 7) at Long Island’s UBS Arena. LL Cool J will host the show—a gig he previously shared with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow in 2022. Set to take the stage, too, are Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Sabrina Carpenter, and more. Check out…
Kneecap have shared the music video for “Sayōnara,” a new song made in collaboration with Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll. Derry Girls actor Jamie Lee O’Donnell stars in the video, which is directed by Finn Keenan. Watch that below. “I had the best time filming the ‘Sayōnara’ music video,” Jamie Lee O’Donnell said in a press release….
